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Recently, there has been press scrutiny of the test’s fitness for purpose for modern driving in the UK, as it fails to test drivers’ abilities to spot potholes or pedestrians with mobile phones.

The results of this survey clearly indicate further problems with drivers’ abilities to spot potential danger on our roads.

It found:

The average score of UK residents was 4/10 with a pass being getting at least 7 right, most UK residents would fail. Just one in 2,000 participants was able to correctly identify all 10.

London was the worst performing region, with an average score of 3.61 out of 10. Londoners are approximately 20% less likely to identify hazards than drivers in East Midlands, who were the most perceptive.

Participants who already had their licences did perform better than those yet to obtain their licence, however they would still fail their test if taken again.

Brits over the age of 35 on average scored lower than those in the 18-35 bracket.

Gender differences across the nation were not very significant, males (4.2) did score slightly higher than women (3.9).